I'm back with another chapter of Pokemon: The Search for Father! I took a small hiatus so I can write a pokemon manga-verse fic for my other profile but now I'm back! In this chapter, Ash will get two new partners and make his way to Viridian City! I will also just like to say that if you ask a question in a review or PM I will be answering all of them in an author's note at the end of the chapter so please give me any questions, pokemon request, or other! I have his team planned out for the next few chapters but that doesn't mean I won't add anymore pokemon or other items and such. I will update Ash's on hand team and upload them in this author's note every chapter.
Ash Ketchum- Age 10- Pokemon Seen 1- Pokemon Caught 1
Riolu/Phoen- Known Moves- Quick Attack, Reversal, Counter, Force Palm, Blaze Kick, and Nasty Plot. This Pokemon is Ash's starter and will remain with him throughout his whole journey.
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Ash was currently following some pokemon that stole his hat. He didn't get a good look at the creature other than seeing that it was a yellow blur. He followed the pokemon to the back of Professor Oak's lab where the power generators were located. He lost it for awhile until he saw a massive surge of electricity coming from one of the smaller generators. This caused Ash and Riolu to quickly run up to find the small pokemon chewing on the wires of the generator, feasting off of the electricity that was surging through it. Without thinking Ash quickly held Dexter up and scanned the pokemon.
"Pichu, the Electric Mouse Pokemon, Pichu charges itself with electricity more easily on days with thunderclouds or when the air is very dry. You can hear the crackling of static electricity coming off this Pokémon. This Pichu knows Thundershock, Thunder Wave, Quick Attack, Tail Whip, Spark, Thunder Punch, Substitute, Grass Knot, and Focus Punch. It also has the capability to learn Volt Tackle. This Pichu is a female." Dexter informed in his cold robotic voice. This caused Ash's eyebrow to raise slightly due to the fact the Pichu were rare in their native region and even rarer in Kanto. It also caused Ash to want to catch the Pichu, its move set was amazing and not to mention that Ash needed another pokemon.
The small pokemon also caused Phoen, Ash's Riolu, to get riled up as he marched up to the Pichu with a prideful attitude. Ash smiled at this and went over with Riolu. The approach called Pichu to go into a defensive stance, pink cheeks sparking up with electricity.
"Pi! Pichu!" The small rodent pokemon sent a small bolt of lightning towards Ash's feet which caused the boy to jump back and for Phoen to go on the offensive.
"Phoen, use Quick Attack and then use Force Palm to get it off of its feet!" Ash yelled out orders as Riolu carried them out only for the Pichu to sidestep causing Phoen to faceplant into the cold floor of the generator room.
This caused the Pichu to send a lighting cloaked fist shooting towards Riolu, landing the fist in the blue pokemon's face. The Riolu quickly jumped to his feet and waited for Ash's next commands.
"Riolu use Nasty Plot then use Force Palm!" Ash yelled out as the pokemon became subdued in an evil looking smoke before the smoke quickly dissipated showing an extremely dangerous Riolu. The Pichu didn't have time to think as the threatening force of the Force Palm slammed its way into the Pichu's torso. This caused the Pichu to be bruised up quite a bit but the small rodent didn't seem to notice and just shot up and glared at Phoen.
Seemingly out of nowhere a Pokeball hit the Pichu's head consuming it inside the ball. It shook a few times before clicking signaling that Pichu was caught. Ash quickly picked up the ball and left the generator room.
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Ash let Pichu, who he named Riri, out of her ball to reveal a clearly furious Pichu. The rodent's cheeks sparked up as she glared the young boy and Riolu that was on his shoulder. She flared up even further at the sight of the Phoen's mischievous look sent towards her. Riri nearly shocked the smirk right off the canine's face. Ash looked at his two pokemon with a confused look. He's only had both of them since this morning and they're already rivals. Ash figured that he should probably stop any fighting before things got out of hand.
"Look; You guys need to stop giving each other something to be angry about. I mean you just met so why don't you try to be friends instead?" The young boy reasoned with the feisty Pichu and mischevious Riolu.
"Pi. Pi. Pi!" The Pichu argued which Ash didn't really understand but put two and two together.
"I know I caught you. I figured you could grow up and become stronger with me than sitting cooped up Professor Oak's Lab.
This caused Riri's eyes to rise and soften as she looked at Ash in a different type of light. She realized what he meant and folded her arms together. As if she was accepting with a stubborn "fine".
"There we go; was that so hard?" Ash asked the two as they continued to send each other a glare, initiating a rivalry.
Ash sighed and attempted to return them both; only for Riri to dodge the beam and glare at him. "Pi. Pi. Pichu!" The Pichu shook her head and glared violently at the Pokeball in Ash's hands.
"What? You don't want to go into the Pokeball?" The Pichu nodded before jumping up to Ash's right shoulder. She then proceeded to give him a slight shock making his hair stand on end slightly. "Fine. You can stay there then."
This caused the Riri to become very happy, by the way, she was jumping on Ash's shoulder, making it feel slightly pressured. With a smile, Ash left for Viridian City.
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Ash barely made it to Viridian City due to all of the battles Riri jumped into against trainer and wild pokemon alike. The pokemon seemed to live for battling. Though currently they were having a battle with an extremely strong, for Ash's level of experience, Nidoran who was trying to charge its horn into random passerby. It did this enough that the Pokemon League was about to become involved until the little rascal charged Ash and Pichu. The latter thunder punched the Nidoran which initiated a battle between the two of them.
"Pichu, dodge and use thunder wave!" The trainer issued the command as the Pichu sidestepped the charging Nidoran and sent a wave of electricity which caused the Nidoran to stiffen up, giving Ash enough time to throw the ball at the pokemon, successfully catching it.
The new capture caused Ash to smile and quickly send out his new friend. "Hey, Nidoran." The boy said in a cheery voice.
The Nidoran looked up at Ash with a dominant look on his face. Ash realized that this meant that Nidoran thought he was the boss. This of superior air around the Poison Pin Pokemon caused Ash the almost flinch back at it.
"Nido!" The Nidoran turned its head away from Ash with a cocky smile on his face.
"Okay; now all we have to do is name you," Ash said causing the Nidoran the look up at with a curious look. "How about Rascal?"
The Nidoran simply nodded and turned away with the superior look on his face back in place. Ash simply sighed and returned him. This is going to be a long journey.
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Atop of a man with a red jacket smirked as he checked a date off of his pocket calendar and sealed an envelope that he placed on the sign that informed tourist that they've reached the top of the mountain. There were only two words written on the envelope, though there was a whole letter inside. Those two words were For Ash.
The man looked to his Charizard with a smirk to which the giant flame lizard smirked back as the man mounted its back. "It's time to go Charizard. To Kalos." The man and his Charizard took off seemingly sonic speeds to the Kalos region leaving behind the letter to the cold and snowy mountain.
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Ash was excited when he reached the Pokemon League Association's front doors. While he wasn't here to challenge them, he couldn't help but feel some sense of accomplishment. He was here for Lance, the man that his father told him to go to for his location. At least that's what Ash hoped Lance was supposed to give him. The secretary told him to wait in the sitting room for the Dragon Master and so he did. He sat and waited and waited and waited. It was all worth it to Ash the moment when the spiky red-haired man entered and looked at him with a friendly smile.
"So your Ash? You look just like your father." The Dragon Master spoke in greeting.
Ash could tell this would be worth the wait.